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AGENCY: FBI
RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90084-10077
RECORD SERIES: HQ
AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 109-12-209-727
. Document Information
ORIGINATOR: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

FROM: CIA
TO:
TITLE:

DATE: 10/06/1971

PAGES: 3.

SUBJECTS :
. CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC REGIONAL SEMINAR FOR
CENTRAL AMERICAN C
LAUREANO BATISTA FALLA
DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
CLASSIFICATION: Secret
RESTRICTIONS: 1B
CURRENT STATUS: — Redact
DATE OF LAST REVIEW: , 07/14/1998
OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA
COMMENTS: CABLEGRAM

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